Topic summary
⁠5%1 analyzed article/video1,787 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Spokane County Elections results contain 23 faulty reasoning types, including Overconfidence Bias, In-Group Bias, and Appeal to Emotion, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 4.8% saturation with 256 hits. Analysis detected 1,461 faulty-reasoning hits from 5,361 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 1.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠3% (16,186 of 16,562 topics). This Spokane County Elections is better (less manipulative) than 97.70% of the peer group.
Spokane County Elections
Topic details
Total words: 5,361
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

2% percentile
02550751002.3% percentile
1.2% BS Score1 analyzed articles5.4K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 1.4%1.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 1.2%1.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 1.6%1.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 0.2%0.2%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.0%1.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.8%4.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.4%1.4%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.4%1.4%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.7%0.7%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.7%1.7%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%Framing Effect: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.4%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Ad Hominem: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 2.2%False Dilemma: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 1.5%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.4%Circular Reasoning: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 0.1%Indoctrination: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 0.0%Tu Quoque: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 0.2%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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